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Posted by John Hopkins
 - May 28, 2013, 17:52:43 PM
Quote from: Troll on May 27, 2013, 18:11:05 PM

Rode about 300 miles in rain, wind and 50 deg. temps I rode up to Winter, WI to visit my parents...do this every Memorial Day...Dad was a B-17/B-24 ball turret tech, and Mom worked for Grumman Aircraft.

Good for you..too many people wouldn't bother..

John.

Posted by greenbarn
 - May 28, 2013, 17:11:50 PM
Quote from: Troll on May 27, 2013, 18:11:05 PM

I rode up to Winter, WI to visit my parents...do this every Memorial Day...Dad was a B-17/B-24 ball turret tech, and Mom worked for Grumman Aircraft.

RIP.
Posted by Troll
 - May 27, 2013, 18:11:05 PM

I'm about 50 miles south of the 45th parallel....but is was damn cold again, today. Rode about 300 miles in rain, wind and 50 deg. temps...bright side, the new to me stock exhaust system didn't change my fuel calibration...got 48 mpg! I rode up to Winter, WI to visit my parents...do this every Memorial Day...Dad was a B-17/B-24 ball turret tech, and Mom worked for Grumman Aircraft.

Posted by LarryInSeattle
 - May 27, 2013, 12:22:01 PM

I started to watch your video, then realized I could be making a memory of my own instead of sitting here watching yours!  Reaching for my helmet now!

Thanks for sharing. 

Posted by CDNRatMan
 - May 27, 2013, 11:25:39 AM

   ;)how close to the arctic circle are you Troll.....?

Posted by John Hopkins
 - May 27, 2013, 10:18:11 AM

There are always two sides to the road and whenever I go out and take photos I am stuck with the choice of great views blocked out by the sun or, not so great views with the sun behind me, If I choose the one with the sun behind me I have my shadow to contend with..With a fixed video camera you have the same problem every time you change direction and editing the over bright bits out can leave you with a very jumpy film.

John.

Posted by Troll
 - May 27, 2013, 07:10:59 AM

  I don't like riding into the sun, either, but I'm just glad there was some. I am a little south of the arctic circle....

Posted by greenbarn
 - May 26, 2013, 23:50:18 PM

That was a good one Troll, the choice of music was swell.  Can't say I love the sun in my eyes, though....  A couple of times I thought you were going to hit something in the road....  I guess I better get polarized sunglasses to watch these when you're riding into the sun... 8)

Posted by CDNRatMan
 - May 26, 2013, 17:44:13 PM

  ok what was that a wabbit or a cat that crossed the road?

love the music....

Posted by Troll
 - May 26, 2013, 11:19:34 AM

  Sometimes, when you agree to make a "house call" in a rural area, you get surprised. By following directions I found that the  saying "you can't miss it"in this case, actually was true...the road ends at her garage door. For a while, there, I was starting to think I was in the "outback"
https://picasaweb.google.com/109550952480484427597/GoProVideoClips#5882319352291666530

Posted by Troll
 - May 26, 2013, 07:38:54 AM

I would need to buy a "skeleton" mount...The original it came with is waterproof to 60', so no holes at all. always something else to buy....

Posted by greenbarn
 - May 25, 2013, 21:27:16 PM

Hey Troll, they make a cigarette lighter-to-USB adapter that is common and available, I imagine, in most electronic departments.  It's common for some of the new phones to charge this way.  I just bought one for my wife, I think it was $10 or so. 

Posted by Troll
 - May 25, 2013, 20:03:08 PM

Mine is a Hero 2...There are a couple of options for powering it, but so far I've just been using the internal battery. It will charge off a computer usb port or a usb charger like a cell phone. When it's connected to a computer, it automatically goes into read/write disk mode. I don't own a charger with the correct size plug that isn't a computer, but I seem to remember reading it will function off a charger. More experiments! The case it mounts in is waterproof, so there is no way to connect to the power port, unless the camera is out of the case...

Posted by John Hopkins
 - May 25, 2013, 19:25:24 PM

I,ve been looking at the gopro and there are several different models ranging from the Hero to the Hero 2, Hero 3, in white, silver and black all with different prices and specs..

Which one are you using?

And does yours have the ability to use the bike battery from a lead like a GPS or are you limited to the camera battery time?

Thanks.

John.

Posted by CDNRatMan
 - May 22, 2013, 19:40:56 PM

  I'll watch that till I can remember the route to your house ...thanks....lol.....

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